1982   Graduated from Kyushu University School of Medicine

1988   Graduated from Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine

1989    Ph. D.

1982    Pediatric Surgeon, Kyushu University Hospital

1988    Research Associate, Kagoshima University School of Medicine

1993    Research Associate, Nagoya University School of Medicine

1994    Assistant Professor, Nagoya University School of Medicine

1996    Associate Professor, Nagoya University School of Medicine  

2004    Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine  

1997   The Japanese Biochemical Society Young Scientist Award

2001   Folker Belzer Award (Shared with Dr. Liu et al.)